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Letter, from Dr [Thomas] Wallis of Stamford to Dr Bavius

Reference number: EL/M3/63

Date: 01 January 1734

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Discussing 'oleum arthriticum' or oils for gout prepared by John Rogers apothecary at Stamford in Lincolnshire, and sold by his son at the Exeter Alms, Fleet Street in London, as 'quakerry'
Note reads: 'Not read nor enter'd'

Reference number
EL/M3/63
Earliest possible date
01 January 1734
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Thomas Wallis

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Thomas Wallis, Letter, from Dr [Thomas] Wallis of Stamford to Dr Bavius, 01 January 1734, EL/M3/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m3_63/letter-from-dr-thomas-wallis-of-stamford-to-dr-bavius, accessed on 11 February 2026

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